650 Not Indexing

[rr4406pak]

Hello all,

I was sizing and cutting .223 brass on my Dillon 650 this morning when the spring in the picture below fell out of the machine on the floor and the 650 stopped auto indexing (this little spring controls the indexing? Seems light.).

Can anyone tell what happened and where the spring belongs? I may be able to bend another "loop" on the broken end and put it back.

Advice is appreciated.

Thanks!

[acekc]

If your 650 manual is handy look for an exploded parts diagram near the back. It will give you a good idea where the spring fits.

If you can't find the printed manual, Brian has a PDF version hosted here:

http://www.brianenos.com/dnld/dillon/xl_650-1.pdf

http://www.brianenos.com/dnld/dillon/xl_650-2.pdf

The diagram you want is in the second link.

[rr4406pak]

OK, from looking at that diagram it look like it is part 13790 the indexer return spring.

Do you know if this is easy to re-install on or do I have to disassemble the Platform Assembly at all?

[dillon]

do not remove the platform to reinstall. For now, bend a new loop out, use a straightened paper clip as a handle to help you reattach the spring. Attach it to the front post on the link arm first, run the spring against the shaft behind the primer seating assembly, and around the back to the metal post. At your convenience, contact us for a replacement spring.

[rr4406pak]

Thanks Dillon!

[norbs007]

do not remove the platform to reinstall. For now, bend a new loop out, use a straightened paper clip as a handle to help you reattach the spring. Attach it to the front post on the link arm first, run the spring against the shaft behind the primer seating assembly, and around the back to the metal post. At your convenience, contact us for a replacement spring.

Now how's that for support? Way cool... now where's the Like button here?

[The_Vigilante]

I just went thru replacing that spring without any help from "Dillon"-you're lucky. Even knowing how to do it, it's still not easy. Dillon instructions for the realignment recommend using a 6" piece of string.

[Intel6]

do not remove the platform to reinstall. For now, bend a new loop out, use a straightened paper clip as a handle to help you reattach the spring. Attach it to the front post on the link arm first, run the spring against the shaft behind the primer seating assembly, and around the back to the metal post. At your convenience, contact us for a replacement spring.

I had my spring break off a few weeks ago and this is exactly what I did except I just managed to get it re-installed with no tools. It was a PIA, whish I had asked.

Neal in AZ

[rflumere]

That makes three of us in the past week..

(Same broken spring)

650 with 12-15k rounds.

I had one of them in the parts kit and found it

simpler to hook it on to the the peg on the turret

advance cam first and then pulled it around to

the rear from the left side of the press and

popped it on the peg on the bottom of the platform

with a hooked paper clip.

A bit of a mystery at first, but really not

very difficult.

If this is the only thing that breaks in 12-15K

rounds, how can you be unhappy!

A call to Dillon got me a couple of new springs

in three days!! As usual, great service.

Bob F.